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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: 1958. Gu, a famous and dangerous gangster who has received a life sentence, escapes from prison. On the run, he decides to flee the country to settle abroad with Manouche, the woman he loves. Gu decides to pull off one last heist but the police’s scheming makes him appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. He will do whatever it takes to regain his honour… This remake of Melville’s Noir classic features a star studded cast including Daniel Au

This Disc is formatted for all Regions and has CSS Copyright Protection (will not play in some laptops)

ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO – 2.35:1

Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Sean Connery (“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” “Finding Forrester”) and Academy Award-nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Candice Bergen (TV’s “Boston Legal,” “The In-Laws”) star in this Middle East romantic adventure about a Moroccan chief who triggers an international incident when he kidnaps an American widow and her children. Loosely based on a true event. Co-starring Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner John Huston (“Chinatown”) and Brian Keith (“Young Guns,” “Hooper”). Directed by Academy Award-nominee John Milius (“Conan the Barbarian”).

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An American is kidnapped by a rebellious Arab chieftain, principally as a means to embarrass the Sultan of Morocco. This abduction sparks the threat of armed intervention by President Theodore Roosevelt.The up-and-down career of director John Milius had no finer moment than The Wind and the Lion, a dandy adventure tale. It’s based on fact: An American (played by Candice Bergen) and her two children were kidnapped in 1904 Morocco by a Berber tribe, an international incident settled by President Theodore Roosevelt’s “big stick” military muscle. The film’s sweep and swagger are unabashedly old-fashioned, even as Milius occasionally pokes fun at the grand characters. Some of the peripheral material is sloppy, but as long as Milius keeps his sig